Let me tell you, that west of NYC, Philly, and DC, have had a crazy rain day today... The absolute worst for them i believe is over, although it will get bad again, if it hasn't already... The real area I'm concerned for is these major cities and to the east, where many be people may be starting to let their guards down... Well dont... Because nothing really "bad" has happened yet... not even really close to that... This morning we picked up more than an inch of rain in a matter of no more than an our here in southwestern CT... I literally thought to myself, if this continues, we'll all be underwater by noon... Crazyily enough, it stopped and it was bright and breezy for most of the day, which was something I had never considered, and something that certainly had never been forecasted... What I later found out was that storm part #1 had just clipped us, and storm part #2 will be the worst and come tonight, and then storm part #3... nicole... Will hit sometime Friday... So do not let your guards down because a bad, bad storm is on the way... Strongest winds are just beginning around my area where it went for 72 customers without out power to 533 costumers in a matter of hours with peak gusts at most 40 mph... This is why I fear for the next couple of hours into the early morning where winds will likely gust to close to 60 mph, and stay sustained close to 40 mph... Not just that but the rainfall of 1-2 inches per hour will kick in with that, and at times it will look like an all out tropical storm along the coast, and potentially a minumal hurricane... So bad stuff coming along, and the worst will probably start around or just before midnight... Thats at least when the rain will begin to kick in... Now times are moving back and quickly... Yesterday's forecast called for an AM sprinkle for tomorrow and clearing in the afternoon, while tomorrows forecast now calls for heavy rain and wind, with 1-2+ additional inches expected across many areas... So keep it here... Lots of stormy weather coming your way...
-Scott Pecoriello
